gâtine
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French gastine, from Old French gastine, guastine (“uncultivated land, deserted ground”), from Frankish *wōstini (“desert, wasteland”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstinī (“desert, waste, abandoned land”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-stos (“empty, wasted”). Influenced in form by gâter. Cognate with Middle High German wuostinne, wuosten (“a desert, waste”), Saterland Frisian Wüüste (“a desert, waste”), Old English wēsten (“a waste, wilderness, desert”). More at waste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gâtine f (plural gâtines)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gâtine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.